All course readings will be posted as they become available. Please click on links below for lecture notes and journal papers. If you have trouble accessing a link or downloading an article, email Jenn (jmaroa@fhcrc.org).

09/25/08: Course overview, Causes of Morbidity and Mortality

09/30/08: Metrics of Global Health

10/02/08: Emergence and Re-emergence of Diseases.

10/07/08: H5N1 Influenza on the Horizon: Read the articles by Monte and Garcia and pg 243-251 of Peiris.

10/09/08: Pathogenesis of Infection I :Attachment and Invasion

10/14/08: Pathogenesis of Infection II: Immune evasion and Mechanisms of tissue damage.

10/16/08: Controlling Infections with Vaccines

10/23/08: Controlling Infections with Drugs

10/28/08: Identifying new Infectious Agents

10/30/08: Tuberculosis and Disease Surveillance

11/04/08: Biological Warfare.  In addition to the required reading by Bhalla, also look at the case study and be prepared to discuss questions 1, 4, 7, and 10.  http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse/FAS_Jackson/index.html

11/06/08: AIDS: a global view

11/18/08: Biology of Obesity

11/25/08: Politics of Food and Health

12/02/08: Malaria Research in Developing World

12/04/08: Ethics in Public Health

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